BELOW:
In
1948, Joan joined dozens of fellow celebrities to personally
create a painting to benefit the Urban League. Below are three shots
of her creating her piece and three with the finished work,
followed by the painting itself, which
is now part of the personal collection of Jennifer Sturcke.
See also a 2011 article about the Urban League event on
the Museum
of the City of New York blog.
The photographs of Joan were all taken by future director Stanley
Kubrick, then a 20-year-old on assignment for Look magazine.

Part
II: Art Inspired by Joan

One
indication of a true icon is the desire of artists, both contemporary and latter-day,
to re-create her image. Joan Crawford began inspiring works of art almost
immediately upon her arrival in Hollywood in the 1920s; since then interest
in her, and her image, has not waned. Below
is a sampling of works of art inspired by Joan Crawford, ranging
from the 1920s to the present. (Move
your pointer over a picture for more information. Click on a picture to see
the larger image.)

The
above work from 1974 by Martin
Kreloff was
once owned by Joan herself.

Click
to see this and other Joan pieces from Kreloff (from
1973 to 1990), which can now be ordered as prints.

Posthumous
(post-1977)

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the Fair Use clause of Section 107 of the amended Copyright Act of 1976 (17 USC
Section 107), images on
this site are intended solely for
non-profit educational purposes, to provide researchers and general readers with
information about Joan Crawford's life and career. Sources for photos
of artworks have been credited when known. If you're the owner of any unintentionally
uncredited information, or an artist who'd
like your Joan Crawford image presented here, please
e-mail
me.